Susan Ewart

Lesson 4 I followed the lesson for the Tutorial layout and used the warp brush on the two as shown in the video, pretty much the same settings. the second one was harder, guessing how thick the flowers could be. I used the warp brush on the lower right one only as the other ones I thought would look weird if I did. Also I need to get more aggressive and pull the shadow down more. I like the warp brush though, almost more control it seems...well, sort of. Here are the settings I used (I tried a lot of different ones, sat back and looked and tried more until I thought it was okay) Practice layout settings: Top Left 50-50-45-85 Top right 40-40-40-55 Bottom Left: 35-35-35-65 (then still thought it was too dark and lowered the opacity) Bottom Right: 20-20-55-40 (this one I used the warp brush on. Wondering if I should have pushed in the petal, like Gerry might have done on his layout. His looks lifted and nice)

We used to be big campers, but not tent camping. We'd have a big trip twice a year going afar to train museums and the vintage village town museums (and any other interesting museums) all over British Columbia and into the National Parks on the BC/Alberta border. We started with a camper van we borrowed then inherited from my father-in-law and then bought a little trailer (7'x21'). When we moved to where we live now, we lived in it for 5 weeks with two cats. It was the end of summer and freezing up at night so we had to unplug the water lines at night. I think the stress of that time made me not want to camp anymore. We did camp after that (mostly in Jasper or Banff as we were closer to them) but to me, it just became housework on wheels and wasn't as enjoyable anymore. We were into hiking as well, which was easy in BC. It's mostly a mountainous province, but here on the prairies I don't have the desire to explore. I am a mountain and ocean/lake lover which is in low supply where I live now. Don't get me wrong, the prairies are beautiful with expansive skies and long sunsets. A great and magical place to visit. I do however, miss being in the mountains.

Really sweet Mary. The two background papers are really nice, especially the scalloped one.

I don't wear hats but sure love looking at them. I did go to one of those vintage village museums and there was a milliner display of hats. Such intricate art. I love that touch with the hexagons on your card. Dan truly is dapper. fun fact: when looking up what these towns are called I found out the one near me (Fort Edmonton Park) is the largest in Canada, by area. Who knew.

Lesson 3 I used the image given as I've been doing errands and now I'm off to work very soon, but really wanted to try this technique. More practice needed, but really happy that I didnt squish the shadow down to nothing like I do on staples.

I'm glad to hear you have a new clear look at the world now. How frustrating that must've been. I still have my nagging floater, almost a year now. Getting older isn't fun. Your corners are nice. I pushed a bit to hard here and there but it's the first time I was able to not squish the shadow to nothingness with the warp brush. I watched carefully, just where the arrow and brush tip need to be and with a much better, larger mouse pad, the mouse slides so much better and not in jerky movements.

If I'm ever in the vicinity I will also come running for nuts and blueberries! I think you are on par with the Script, which I have and use. It's awesome!

I'm sure it will come on sale. I'm not really into making AI art at this time. that's good advice. I hope they don't have too much AI, other than AI used for mundane tasks like selections or other tool related tasks to speed you up. Describing something to an AI and then claiming credit seems so odd to me, it's like describing something to a painter, having them paint it, then claiming credit for it.

I read the book and loved it.

I have being using lower than normal settings lately too. Seems like soon as it's a JPG it's way darker than I want. I start with 0-0-80-10 on a reverse shadow but usually lower the opacity a lot, especially if it's on a light paper. Your color palette is spot on (I know, you used the photo and that's why it's so cohesive, you are a master at that). Robins always make me smile. I am seeing some other points of view on shadowing and learning some good stuff...and we hardly even started yet.

The Wattle is such an intense yellow. Your plaid is outstanding. Tell me...do you see wombats often? I just started following a wombat rescue place on Facebook, they are absolutely adorable!

Lesson 2 All papers: 10 10 75 10 reverse Shadow 0 0 80 0 I had wanted to have some light papers on both the darker and lighter background to see the difference the reverse shadow makes. I see the dark background is good with the 80 opacity at 100%, but the yellow ribbon it was really noticeable so i reduced the opacity and turned it on and off to just have enough to see the difference. but now the ribbon on the darker background could actually benefit from a the whole 80%. Do we get picky enough about reverse shadows to select what's on the darker background and bring the opacity back to full? sorry if I have any bad grammar, I should be in my car driving to work right now. but hey, I needed to get this done...a girl has to have priorities, right? totally wild color (put your sunglasses on. I used PSP different textures and two marble overlays from Elif Sahin at Digital scrapbook.com.

These are wonderful memories. I'm blown away by the adventures you have had with your cats. Reading it puts a smile on face and jet-setting kitty images in my mind. You've lead a very interesting life.

thank you so much Corrie. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. There is some cool techniques in the Scrap With Me section and I've referred to the book several times now. Try the netting, it's just so easy and looks really neat. I did add a tiny bevel to mine to make a metal mesh instead of netting.

Wow, she really sounds like an amazing cat. I couldn't imagine my cats actually finding their way back if we let them out. We did camp with our first cat, then when she was gone with 2 cats we had after her. We leash trained them. It would not have been safe to let them out unattended. Of the two provinces we camped (British Columbia, my home province at the time or Alberta -Jasper or Banff, my now province) there was wolves, coyotes and bears. Lots of bears in BC. Now, I don't want to camp because it's holiday for my husband but for me it's just housework on wheels.

Lesson 1 Shadow settings: Paper: 10 - 10 - 80 - 10 Ribbon: 15 - 15 - 75 -15 Button: 20 - 20 - 70 - 20 Sequins: 7 - 7 - 80 - 7 Rope: 15 - 15 - 75 - 15 Crayon I did not shadow, thought it had no thickness I love that little math equation for getting a starting point (start at 90 subtract Offset amount to get the blur amount). I played around with the settings, especially the rope and the sequins. I found if I went larger on the rope (even though it's likely thicker than paper) the shadow separated from the rope and it looked like it was floating. The sequins were just a guess, I tried lots of settings on that one. the circles at the beginning of the video was neat to see the differences. Now I'll go see if I'm in the same ball park as everyone else.

I bet you have some great memories of her. It's so hard to see them age and let them go. Little angels (or therapists) that bless us for a short time.

Me either. Soon as I started seeing Bonnie's posts on Pickleball all of a sudden it was everywhere. It's like when you buy a new car and it seems like you see the make/model you bought everywhere, where as before you never noticed them.

The truth, for real is....I didn't even realize I was doing it. How bad (and lame) is that? It's funny though.

Ya, that's what it is...it's a "Canadian" thing...🤪. You crack me up...and keep me honest. Here's my excuse: Due to economic restraints and cut backs here in Canada, we pay extra if we go over our allotted amount of keystrokes in a week. Justin Trudeau himself will phone me and tell me which ATM to meet him at so I can withdraw and hand the cash directly to him! OR..... Maybe I just like Mr. T. I pity the fool who doesn't spell T-cups/T-pots the Mr. T way!

Wow, thank you so much Ann. It's such a good tutorial too, easy for anyone to follow and get a cool button.

here's the button close up, I made heart shaped holes.

Week 33 Tiny little T-pot, only about 7-8" tall, but oh so cute. Gradient background, with no texture because I just realized I forgot. I was so into playing with the netting! From the new book; Digital Scrapbooking Made Easy with PaintShop Pro. In the Scrap With Me - Scraplifting section, Project 2. The netting is really easy to do and tackling the warp brush is easy with the instructions in the book. I added a tiny bevel and the shadowing settings from the book (which I now saved in the shadow presets). Fonts are Neug Asia and Neuton from CF. I also added a small bevel to the three Vectors (should've made the outline thicker first) and a drop shadow. Forgot to add, there is a gradient on the netting, I think next time I wont do that as it looks like shadowy spots, it's distracting.

Week 32 This was the pattern my mom's t-set was, although this is not from her set. I got this many years later when I realized t-cups were little pieces of art I could afford. Fonts are Mea Culpa and Medina from Creative Fabrica Background is a PSP pattern that I added a very subtle round dot halftone effect to. The three vectors got a tiny outer glow layer style for a bit of contrast around them. It and the texture might not show up here.

Week 31 Slipped in corners technique from the book (Digital Scrapbooking Made Easy with PaintShop Pro) Scrap With Me - From Scratch section, Project 2. Lifted Corners from the script. Button, again from the tutorial called "Button". Background is a Background-Foreground gradient. I added a halftone (squares) to the gradient and a texture on top of that and I think a wee bit of noise. Fonts are Winter Story (CF) and Sorts Mill Goudy, which sounds more like a Google font, but I'm not sure. A pretty little delicate cup that I am keeping.